Gerrard Street

Gerrard Street is a street in the West End of London in the Chinatown area. It was built from 1677 to 1685 and named for Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, who owned the land and used it as a training area. By the mid-18th century, it was home to several coffee houses and taverns, and it later became the heart of the Chinatown community after the 1970s.